Brassiere



8. YURKA.

BRASSI ERE.

APPLICAUON FILED 8 213.19?!- Patented Ovf. I if)? Patented Get. l i922.

BLANCH YURKA, 025 NEW "$03K. N. Y.

BRASSXEBJ.

Application filed February 23, 1921. Serial No. M73542.

To all whom it may concern.

.' Be it known that l. Bmnorm YURKA. a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain newand useful lniproren'ient in Brassieres, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to brassieres. its objects are to make suchwearing apparel in such wise as to be free of all protuberances that canbear injuriously or uncomfortably against the breasts and body portionsadjacent thereto, as well as against the rest of the body in itsencirolement by the brassiere; and also to make the body member of thebrassiere of a material which if moistened. either artificially or byperspiration, will so slightly adhere to the body that unsightly anduncomfortable shoulder straps will not be required to keep the hrassirefrom slipping down, and that back tapes for securing the ends ofthebrassiere in position will serve to hold the brassiere ends in placewithout drawing the tapes so tightly in place that the upper and underedges of the brassire across the front of the body will be strainedagainst the skin and thereby retardcirculation and uncomfortably depressand redden the skin along such edges; and which when worn will flex withall the movements of the body and also permit the upper back tapes to bepulled downwardly to about the line of the under back tapes for holdingthe upper corner margins. outwardly of each breast, sutliciently belowthe arm-pits to permit a low cut gown to be worn without showing theupper corner por tions of the brassie 'e under the arms.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and illustrating myinvention,

Fig. 1 is a plan View of the front or outward side of my brassiere.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail thereof at line 2-2 of Fig. 1.-

Fig. 3 is a front w of a torso. in dotted lines, with the brassiere inplace.

Fig. 4 is a back View of a torso, in dotted lines, with the brassiere inplace.

Fig. '5 is a perspective View of a torso, in dotted lines, and of thebrassicre in aposition of wear and shows the under back tapes in normalposition with the upper back tapes depressed for lowering the uppercorner portions of the-body member of the brassiere below the arms.

coloration or otherwise;

ln the drawings, the thin sheet-rubber body member 1 of the b-rassiereis of rectangular shape with cut edges that are not seamed or folded.and are therefore tree of protuberances. This body member is freelyflexible in all directions and has superposed on the front surface ofeach of its corner portions.'a flattened end portion 2 of a back tape.the two under corner tapes haying their extensions indicated by 3, andthe two upper corner tapes having their extensions indicated by 4. Overeach end portion 2 of a tape, a stay-piece 5 of thin rubber is located;and each flat end portion of a tape is vul canized on one surface to acorner portion of the body member stay-piece 5 being in part vulcanizedto the other surface of the end portion of the tape and otherwisemarginally vulcanized to the front surface of the body member 1outwardly of the three edges of the tape between the body member 1 and astay-piece. The four slight corner protuberances thus formed areon theoutward side or" the brussiere and do not come in contact with the body.preferalny tied rat-her than buckled at the spine. By slightlymoistening the under surface of the body member 1 before it is put on,body member will stay in place by slight but sutiicient adhesion to thebody and the e result will result when the body perspir-s. Thus shoulderstraps are wholly unnecessary for keeping the brassiere in place eventhough the tapes are but gently and not tightly tied together at theback. When the brassiere is to be worn with a low cutwai. the tied,upper back tapes may be pulled oownwardly to the level of the undertapes; thereby pulling down the upper c0rners of the body portion 1downwardly under the arms. as shown in Fig. 5. ln such position the endsof thebody member will'be wrinkled as at 6, under the arms. but suchwrinkling will be unobjectionable because of The tapes are the thinnessof the body member. vul' anizing the tape ends in place between the bodymember corner portions and the stay pieces. the tapes are securelyanchored to the body member. While it is possible to stitch the tapeends to the corner portions of the body member, the stitches are apt totear out of the thin rubber. The thin rubber body forming member of thebrassiere may beof any desired color more or less to match skin and thebrassiere has the further advantages of maximum

